17-Mar-2012 -- The opportunity came on 17 March 2012 after scheduling a meeting with the technical staff of an ENAGEO seismic crew, conducting seismic exploration for Sonatrach. By visualizing the position of the seismic crew's camp on Google Earth, I quickly realized that the confluence point 32N 5E was very close and within the project.

My schedule for the day of 17 March 2012 was as follows: in the morning, a site scouting of an oil well being drilled and which is located at 40 km south of the city of Ouargla. and in the evening: technical meeting with the staff of the ENAGEO seismic crew.

At 8:00 a.m. I left Hassi Messaoud towards Ouargla, then beyond to the oil well to perform some scouting work around. At midday, I took my meals at the restaurant of the drilling camp and after half an hour I took the road towards the camp of the ENAGEO seismic crew. Before arriving at the camp I left the blacktop and made a detour to the position of the confluence point 32N 5E. At 1:50 p.m. I reached the confluence point.

The point 32N 5E is in a desert area, so I used a bottle of mineral water and a plastic bag to mark the point.

The confluence point 32N 5E is located near the oil field of Haoud Berkaoui at 40.5 km west of the city of Ouargla (38 km of blacktop and 2.5 km of stony terrain). Access to the area is subject to special authorization. The terrain of the confluence point is very stony and slightly flat. For flora, the area is arid with the exception of some roots of spiny shrub completely dried. For the fauna: nothing in sight.

Friendly yours: Yahiaoui Bellahouel, survey engineer and senior-supervisor in the Algerian National Oil Company “Sonatrach”.